The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-08-02
AMERICAN.

st. Johns, Newfoundland, special o
July 18th, SAYS: Information from
points along the French shore indi
cate that serious misunderstanding:
exist between the French and New
foundland fishermen. The commander
of the French war-ship, Drae, ha:
driven Newfoundland fishermen away
from certain points on the coast a
the point of the bayonet. The French
are encroaching upon the fishing
grounds hitherto exclusively used by
English fishermen.
CARBoNDALE, H., July While
Mrs. John A Logan, in company with
Mrs. Henry Campbell of this city
were. out driving yesterday, the horse
became frightened and backed the
buggy over an embankment. Mrs
Logan, in attempting to jump out
caught her foot in the wheel and was
thrown under the horses feet. She
sustained severe scalp wound, and
her left arm and side are badly bruised.
The wound is quite serious, but not
necessarily dangerous.
P1rLsBURe, July 16.-The stock
holders of the Tehauntepec Ship Rail
way viii meet in this city on the 18th
to devise means to carry on their work.
Colonel Andrews said this afternoon
the meeting would be largely attended.
On the Both the directors will hold a
meeting In Jersey City to elect officers
and a successor to Captain Eads, de.
ceased. They will meet at the latter
place on account of their charter being
obtained in New Jersey.
CHICAGO, July 16.-A special from
Washington says that the necessity of
cable communication between the
United States and the Hawaiian Isl
ands is likely to be made one of the
subjects of the Presidents next mes
sage to Congress. The State Depart
ment Officials are strongly in favor of
the project, and Secretary Bayard and
the President are both known to feel
that we should not be much longer
withou speedy and direct communica-
ton with the Islands The difficulty
of getting a private corporation to
embark in the enterprise, which would
not perhaps, at first, be selfsustain-
ing, could, it is thought, be obviated
by the advantages and subsidy which
the Government might offer.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-Not before,
since the Washington Club has been
a member of the League, has its team
a winning of four straight
games. This feat they accomplished
to day by out-playing the Pittsburg
team thereby displacing Pittsburg for
sixth place. Score: Washingtons 5,
Pittsburgs 3. Pitchers: Whitney and
Mccormack. Catchers: Mack and
Field.
P1TTsBuRe, July 16.-Telegrams
from Bruckwayville, in the lumber
regions of Pennsylvania, report forest
fires raging in every direction, and
fears are entertained for a number Of
settlements which are threatened with
destruction. A large force is at work
fighting the flames, but so far all eff
forts have been fruitless.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Ex-Speaker
Kiefefer, now in this city, tells the
Tribune he thinks there will be little
if any opposition to the passage by
the Ohio State Convention of reso-
luton indorsing Sherman for Presi-
dent. He thinks Governor Foraker
will be renominated without opposi
ton and be reelected by $4,000 to
10000 majority.
ST. THOMAS, Ont, July ia terri
bic accident occurred at the crossing
of the Grand Trunk and Michigan
Central Railway in this city, about z
o'clock this evening. An excursion
train on the Grand Trunk from Port
Stanley ran into a passing freight
train on the Michigan Central, made
up of number of cars laden with oil.
The engine crashed into one of these
cars, when the oil instantly took fire
and burned with great fierceness,
communicating to the cars on both
trains and extending to Grifin's ware
house, the coal and lime sheds adjoin-
ing the track on the west and John
Campbell's dwelling on the east, all of
which were burned to the ground with
their contents. Engineer Donnelly,
of the excursion train, was burned in
the wreck His fireman jumped and
escaped with slight injuries. The for
ward car of the excursion train was
filed with passengers, who made fran
tic efforts to escape, but notwithstand-
ing hundreds of brave and willing
hands were Immediately at work to |
assist in their rescue, it is feared a
of lives have been lost, and |
that they viii be burned beyond re
cognition before their bodies can be
got out of the wreck At s O'Clock, |
when thousands of people were crowd
ing around the burning pile, one of
the oil tanks on one of the cars ex-
ploded. throwing hundreds to the
ground with great. force, scattering
the fire in all directions and severely, |
perhaps fatally, injuring many per !.
sons. AT $50 o'clock nine bodies were
taken out. They were burned to